Mixed Deck — All STAAR Topics Flashcards
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What is the term for the change from a solid directly to a gas without passing through the liquid state?
Answer: Sublimation
Sublimation is the process by which a solid changes directly into a gas, as seen with dry ice.
Which of the following is the correct order from least to greatest?
Answer: 1/4, 0.28, 0.3
1/4 = 0.25, so the order is 0.25 < 0.28 < 0.30, which is 1/4, 0.28, 0.3.
The Great Paper Airplane Fly-Off is held at the Pima Air Space Museum every year. The plane that travels the furthest distance wins! The winning design is utilized to make a massive paper airplane in the hopes that it would fly. Making paper airplanes stimulates scientific experimentation and invention. The reader can infer that the museum places a high importance on science since —
Answer: they encourage exploration in science and invention
Correct answer: they encourage exploration in science and invention The reader can conclude that the museum values science because they encourage exploration in science and invention.
What does the term 'manifest destiny' refer to?
Answer: The idea that American expansion across the continent was inevitable and justified
Manifest Destiny was the 19th-century belief that the United States was destined to expand across North America from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
What was the Reconstruction period in U.S. history?
Answer: The period after the Civil War focused on reintegrating Southern states and addressing rights of formerly enslaved people
Reconstruction (1865–1877) was the post-Civil War period in which the U.S. government worked to reintegrate Confederate states and define the rights of freed enslaved people.
What does the word 'narrator' mean?
Answer: The person who tells the story
The narrator is the voice that tells the story.
In a persuasive text, what is the author's primary purpose?
Answer: To convince readers to agree with a viewpoint
The primary purpose of persuasive writing is to convince the reader to agree with the author's position or take a specific action.
Which type of writing asks the reader to agree with the writer's opinion?
Answer: Persuasive
Persuasive writing is designed to convince the reader to agree with the author's point of view or take a specific action.
When an author uses exaggeration to create emphasis or humor, it is called what?
Answer: Hyperbole
Hyperbole is deliberate exaggeration used for emphasis or humorous effect, such as 'I've told you a million times.'
Which branch of the U.S. government has the power to declare laws unconstitutional?
Answer: Judicial
The judicial branch, led by the Supreme Court, has the power of judicial review to declare laws unconstitutional.
Which of the following is equivalent to 3/4?
Answer: 9/12
9/12 simplifies to 3/4 because both numerator and denominator are multiplied by 3.
What is an 'effect' in a passage?
Answer: The result of something that happened
An effect is what happens as a result of a cause.
What is the purpose of a concluding sentence in a paragraph?
Answer: To wrap up the ideas in the paragraph
A concluding sentence wraps up the paragraph by restating the main idea or summarizing the key points.
Which of the following is an example of sensory detail?
Answer: The salty, crispy fries crackled as she bit into them.
'The salty, crispy fries crackled as she bit into them' uses taste, texture, and sound to create a vivid sensory experience.
I brought Glenn a present. I couldn't wait to deliver it to __________. Choose the best word to fill in the blanks.
Answer: him
Correct answer: him I brought Glenn a present. I couldn't wait to deliver it to him.
Which number is a prime number?
Answer: 23
23 has no factors other than 1 and itself, making it a prime number.
Which of the following is an example of a simile?
Answer: He ran like the wind.
A simile compares two things using 'like' or 'as'; 'He ran like the wind' uses 'like' to make the comparison.
What is the 'sequence' of events in a story?
Answer: The order events happen in
Sequence is the order in which events take place.
A bag has 24 apples. If they are divided equally into 6 bags, how many apples are in each bag?
Answer: 4
24 ÷ 6 = 4 apples in each bag.
Which of the following words is a common noun?
Answer: Doctor
Correct answer: Doctor Doctor is the only common noun whereas the rest are Proper Nouns